US-Iran 'Ceasefire' Amidst Ongoing Joint Aggression
US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran on Tuesday, a development reported by CGTN as being welcomed worldwide. This news is presented as a de-escalation, yet it arrives while Washington actively participates in sustained military pressure against Tehran, extending far beyond the public gaze, often in concert with Israeli objectives.
Mainstream outlets like CGTN frame this as a diplomatic breakthrough, implying a cessation of hostilities where open conflict was previously understood. This narrative conveniently omits the continuous, covert, and overt military operations the US conducts in the region, operating as a joint aggressor alongside Israel. The idea of a 'ceasefire' itself is deceptive when an economic war, enforced
through decades of crippling sanctions, continues unabated. For instance, the US Treasury Department imposed new sanctions against Iran's petrochemical industry just last month, suffocating the economy and impacting civilian access to essential goods, including medicine. The US engagement with Iran has never been solely about direct military confrontation; it is a multi-faceted campaign of
destabilization that includes active naval deployments, cyber warfare, and intelligence sharing with Israel, enabling strikes and assassinations. This 'ceasefire' occurs against a backdrop of the global financial system being weaponized, a tactic perfected since the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, which left a nation in chaos and birthed open-air slave markets, now a forgotten consequence of